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SUSE: 2021:1919-1 Important: MozillaFirefox Memory Issues and Fixes

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Calendar Grey June 9, 2021
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Recent upgrade for MozillaFirefox addresses critical vulnerabilities and boosts security measures in SUSE. Detailed patching guidelines are provided.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for MozillaFirefox fixes the following issues: Firefox Extended Support Release 78.11.0 ESR (bsc#1186696) * CVE-2021-29964: Out of bounds-read when parsing a `WM_COPYDATA` message * CVE-2021-29967: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1919=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1919=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1919=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical threat memory issue SUSE important update patch instructions MozillaFirefox

References

#1185633 #1186696

Cross- CVE-2021-29951 CVE-2021-29964 CVE-2021-29967

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-29951 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1919-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical threat memory issue SUSE important update patch instructions MozillaFirefox

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